Whispering Wall

Around the Vault of Heaven complex runs a circular wall which is reputed to have echoing and whispering properties. It was funny to see all the people standing by the railing that protects the wall, yelling – yes, yelling since there was so much ambient noise – to their friends presumably across the circle “can you hear me now?” This parent is holding the kid up, so the kid can participate. One asks oneself how anyone could hear anything will all that cacophony going on…